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Brooklyn Borough Hall is a building in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. It was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style, and constructed of Tuckahoe marble under the supervision of superintendent Stephen Haynes. It was completed in 1848 as the City Hall for the City of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Borough Hall, the original City Hall, is located on the north side of Joralemon Street, between Court and Adams streets. It houses the Brooklyn Borough President and is Brooklyn's oldest public building.
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The Brooklyn Municipal Building is located at the southwest corner of Joralemon and Court Streets. It houses many City offices including the City Clerk (where marriage licenses are obtained), and offices for the Departments of Buildings, Probation, Finance, and Environmental Protection.
Brooklyn Borough Hall 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, NY, United States.
Borough Hall houses the Brooklyn Borough President and is Brooklyn’s oldest public building and the heart and soul of its Civic Center. Completed in 1851, the structure was constructed before the 1898 consolidation of New York City, and served as Brooklyn’s City Hall.
Exemplifying all the hallmarks of the style with its bilateral symmetry, classical temple form with portico, trabeated windows and doors, and spare, simple ornamentation, it is outstanding for its beautiful proportions. The oldest public building in Brooklyn, it has been the home of the seat of government in the borough since 1848.
Records show that between 1900 and 1904, 132,000 new students were added to the school system. The entire city needed new elementary, intermediate, and high schools. The Board of Ed authorized the construction of one new, larger high school for each of the boroughs. Brooklyn would get a new Erasmus Hall High School.
Built between 1846 and 1851, Brooklyn’s oldest public building, designed by Gamaliel King, was formerly Brooklyn’s City Hall. The stately, Greek Revival–style building is known... One of the City's top attractions, this complex is home to Top of the Rock, NBC Studios, the Rainbow Room and more.
Brooklyn Borough Hall, a dignified civic structure of impressive scale, is one of the City’s finest Greek Revival buildings. This handsome all-masonry building consists of two high stories and a low attic story above a high basement.